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Sir Stephen Timms vs Bob Blackman

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Sir Stephen Timms
Lab East Ham
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Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,650 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,580 different votes 1,650 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
24 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
36 Aye 36 No
Trade 7% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
32 Aye 12 No
Energy 7% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 18 No
Housing 5% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 65 shared votes
24 Aye 41 No
30 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 22 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.4 %
6 % above average
Rank 233 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,852
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
1,021
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
46.9 % of votes cast
831
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
13
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
32 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

55
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 650
Appearances
146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
209
+70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
Contributions
173
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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